John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century", Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control.The John Stuart Mill Collection featu...

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill gathers the writings of one of the nineteenth century's most influential liberal thinkers, ranging across logic, political economy, ethics, social theory, religion, and representative government. Its prose is characteristically lucid, argumentative, and reformist: Mill combines the precision of analytic philosophy with the moral urgency of Victorian public debate. Read together, these volumes illuminate the intellectual architecture behind utilitaria...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873), usually cited as J. S. Mill, was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century", Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control.

John Stuart Mill's "Ultimate Collection" offers an unparalleled compilation of his seminal works that address the foundations of utilitarianism, liberty, and the social sciences. Through a rigorous yet accessible literary style, Mill articulates philosophical arguments with precision and eloquence, engaging with contemporary debates on ethics, political economy, and social progress. Positioned within the broader literary context of 19th-century British philosophy, Mill's essays and treatis...

On Liberty is an impassioned application of author John Stuart Mill’s philosophical theory of utilitarianism, which argues that the highest state of being is that which is most useful in maximizing happiness and diminishing suffering. In On Liberty, Mill famously stresses the importance of individuality and the need to limit the power of governments over their people.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the...

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was an English philosopher and economist. He wrote one of his most famous essays, "On Liberty", in 1859."On Liberty" is the philosophy classic that laid the foundation of modern liberal politics, by applying the concept of utilitarianism to societies and countries, in order to create a working system between authority and liberty.It was widely read at the time, and in the century and a half since it was published, it has proven to be one of the ...

This book contains the major works of John Stuart Mill:[1843] A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive[1848] The Principles of Political Economy[1859] On Liberty[1861] Representative Government[1863] Utilitarianism[1869] The Subjection of Women[1873] Autobiography

Il y a, dans la situation actuelle du savoir humain, une circonstance bien remarquable, bien inattendue, et surtoutbien caractéristique de l’état de certaines grandes et importantes questions spéculatives, c’est le peu de progrèsqu’a fait la discussion sur le critérium du bien et du mal. Depuis l’aurore de la philosophie, la question du summumbonum, ou ce qui est la même chose, du fondement de la morale, est considérée comme un problème capital ; elle occupeles ...

John Stuart Mill's "The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill" presents a comprehensive assemblage of his writings, showcasing his profound contributions to philosophy, economics, and political theory. With clarity and argumentative precision, Mill explores themes of liberty, utilitarianism, and individual rights, set against the backdrop of 19th-century social and political upheaval. The volume is characterized by Mill's methodical reasoning and passionate advocacy for social reforms, makin...

There are few circumstances among those which make up the present condition of human knowledge, more unlike what might have been expected, or more significant of the backward state in which speculation on the most important subjects still lingers, than the little progress which has been made in the decision of the controversy respecting the criterion of right and wrong. From the dawn of philosophy, the question concerning the summum bonum, or, what is the same thing, concerning the foundat...

On Liberty has become celebrated as the most powerful defence of the freedom of the individual, and is now widely regarded as the most important theoretical foundation for Liberalism as a political creed. The Subjection of Women is a powerful indictment of the political, social, and economic position of women. This edition, first published in 1989, brings together these two classic texts, plus Mill's posthumous Chapters on Socialism, his somewhat neglected examination of the strengths and ...